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What a euro centric oblivious type of pseudo academic indulgence. I guess what we need to take from that is that colonialists we’re really busy people, entrepre
by onyva 7y ago
What a euro centric oblivious type of pseudo academic indulgence. I guess what we need to take from that is that colonialists we’re really busy people, entrepreneurs doing really important things, so this is the kind of perspective into their legacy that we’re missing. You do tend to deal with the heat rather well when someone else is doing the hard work and producing the staff you’re stealing from them.
I wonder if there’s a follow-up article on how the nazis kept their uniforms so tidy considering how many ditches and mass graves they stood around.
- wink 7y agoI wonder why you sound so snarky regarding this article. It's not that the author defended them or said anything positive about them (except maybe "I've been there and can relate"). Nothing I read here surprised me, really. And it's not that he didn't mention that the burden was basically shouldered by the people there.
- rishav_sharan 7y agoA lot of folks from countries ravaged by the Britishers really detest the Raj. Its understandable. I myself am from India and i too get a twinge of anger whenever the Raj is mentioned in a non negative way. I guess 70 years aren't enough to forget all that the colonials did.
- wink 7y agoI understand that. But I read it as a relatively neutral and only slightly negative view on historical living circumstances.